Les Griggs

Les Griggs
Personal information
Full name	Les T. Griggs
Date of birth	6 May 1914
Date of death	28 May 1990(1990-05-28) (aged 76)
Original team(s)	Yarragon
Height / weight	180 cm / 80 kg
Position(s)	Centre half forward/Centreman
Playing career¹
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1933–35, 1939–44	Essendon	99 (52)
Coaching career
Years	Club	Games (W–L–D)
1941	Essendon	1 (1–0–0)
¹ Playing statistics correct to the end of 1944.

Les Griggs (6 May 1914 - 28 May 1990)^[1] was an Australian rules footballer who played with Essendon in the Victorian Football League (VFL) during the 1930s and 1940s.

Griggs, from Yarragon originally, was mostly a centreman and centre half forward over the course of his career at Essendon. A teacher, he missed a couple of seasons due to his work, costing him a place in the 100 club as he finished his career with 99 games. He had his best year in 1941 when he kicked 29 goals and played in Essendon's losing Grand Final team. Griggs also acted as caretaker coach for one game that year.

References

↑ "Past Player Profiles - G (Griggs, Les T)". essendonfc.com.au. Retrieved 3 September 2014.

Les Griggs's statistics from AFL Tables
Holmesby, Russell and Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers. 7th ed. Melbourne: Bas Publishing.

Coaches of the Essendon Football Club

1908–1909: Smith 1910: Belcher 1911–1915; 1918–1920: Worrall 1920–1921: Ogden 1922: Gravenall 1922–1924: Barker 1925–1927: Maher 1928–1930: Hardy 1931–1933: Campbell 1934–1935: May 1936–1939: Baggott 1939: Reynolds/Hunter 1939–1960: Reynolds 1941: Griggs 1944: Plummer 1945; 1946: Ruddell 1959: Thaw 1961–1967: Coleman 1965: Sewell 1968–1970: Clarke 1971: Birt 1972–1975: Tuddenham 1976–1977: Stephen 1978–1980: Davis 1981–2007: Sheedy 2006: O'Donnell 2008–2010: Knights 2011–2013: Hird 2013: Goodwin 2014: Thompson 2015: Hird 2015: Egan 2016–: Worsfold

Essendon did not participate in the VFL from 1916–1917 due to World War I Italics* denote caretaker coach

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